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ERIC Number: EJ722834
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Dec
Pages: 13
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 24
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0007-1005
Assessment--Summative and Formative--Some Theoretical Reflections
Taras, Maddalena
British Journal of Educational Studies, v53 n4 p466-478 Dec 2005
This paper wishes to clarify the definitions of the central terms relating to assessment. It argues that all assessment begins with summative assessment (which is a judgement) and that formative assessment is in fact summative assessment plus feedback which is used by the learner.
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Summative Evaluation, Definitions, Feedback, Evaluation Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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